@zoom/videosdk-ui-toolkit
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The Zoom Video SDK UI toolkit is a prebuilt video chat user interface powered by the Zoom Video SDK.
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Zoom Video SDK UI toolkit for web
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The Zoom Video SDK UI toolkit is a prebuilt video chat user interface powered by the Zoom Video SDK.
Installation
In your frontend project, install the Video SDK UI toolkit:
$ npm install @zoom/videosdk-ui-toolkit --save
Or, for Vanilla JS applications, download the package and add it to your project. Then, add the following script and CSS style to the HTML page you want the UI toolkit to live on:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="@zoom/videosdk-ui-toolkit/dist/videosdk-ui-toolkit.css">
<script src="@zoom/videosdk-ui-toolkit/index.js" type="module"></script>
Setup
For webpack / single page applications like Angular, Vue, React, etc, import the UI toolkit, package and styles:
import uitoolkit from '@zoom/videosdk-ui-toolkit'
import '@zoom/videosdk-ui-toolkit/dist/videosdk-ui-toolkit.css'
In Angular, CSS can't be imported directly into the component, instead, add the styles to your angular.json
file in the styles array:
"styles": [
"node_modules/@zoom/videosdk-ui-toolkit/dist/videosdk-ui-toolkit.css",
]
Or, for Vanilla JS applications, import the JS file directly:
import uitoolkit from './@zoom/videosdk-ui-toolkit/index.js'
JS imports work if your script tag has the
type="module"
attribute.
UI toolkit CDN is coming soon to make vanilla JS usage easier.
Usage
Join Session
To join a Video SDK session, create an HTML container that it will be rendered in:
<div id='sessionContainer'></div>
Create your Video SDK session config object, with your Video SDK JWT, and Video SDK session info, the features you want to render, and any options you want to specify.
var config = {
videoSDKJWT: '',
sessionName: 'SessionA',
userName: 'UserA',
sessionPasscode: 'abc123',
features: ['preview', 'video', 'audio', 'share', 'chat', 'users', 'settings'],
options: { init: {}, audio: {}, video: {}, share: {}},
virtualBackground: {
allowVirtualBackground: true,
allowVirtualBackgroundUpload: true,
virtualBackgrounds: ['https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1715490187538-30a365fa05bd?q=80&w=1945&auto=format&fit=crop&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D']
}
}
Currently, we support the following features:
| features[]
| Description |
| ------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| preview
| Enables the preview flow, let's the end user choose their preferred video, microphone, speaker, and background before joining the session. |
| video
| Enable the video layout, and to send and receive video. |
| audio
| Show the audio button on the toolbar, and to send and receive audio. |
| share
| Show the screen share button on the toolbar, and to send and receive screen share content. |
| chat
| Show the chat button on the toolbar, and to send and receive session chats. |
| users
| Show the users button on the toolbar, and to see the list of users in the session. |
| settings
| Show the settings button on the toolbar, and to configure virtual background, camera, microphone, and speaker devices, and see session quality statistics. |
We also support setting specific properties for the Video SDK init, audio, video, and share options.
| options{}
| Properties | Default | Description |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
| init
| enforceMultipleVideos
enforceVirtualBackground
webEndpoint
| false
false
zoom.us
| Enables rendering multiple videos if SharedArrayBuffer is off. Enables virtual background if SharedArrayBuffer is off. Specifies the Zoom real-time media environment. |
| audio
| backgroundNoiseSuppression
originalSound
syncButtonsOnHeadset
| true
false
false
| Zoom's AI background noise suppression. Sends sound exactly as it's captured (opposite of background noise suppression). Enables headset buttons like mute/unmute to work within supported browsers. |
| video
| originalRatio
virtualBackground
| true
false
true
null
| Sends video exactly as it's captured. If false, Zoom crops it to 16:9. Sets a default virtual background for the user. |
| share
| controls
displaySurface
hideShareAudioOption
optimizedForSharedVideo
| null
null
false
false
| Enables configuring specific content to share within supported browsers Enables configuring specific share surfaces within supported browsers. Enables or disables the share computer audio option within supported browsers. Prioritizes frame rate over resolution for better screen sharing of videos. |
You may notice some options irrelevant for the UI Toolkit use case are not exposed (for example
skipJsMedia
andalternativeNameForVideoPlayer
), or are defaulted on (for exampleleaveOnPageUnload
andpatchJsMedia
) with no option to change them. For feedback or requests relating to exposing additionalinit
,audio
,video
, andshare
options from the Video SDK, please share your use case here.
Virtual backgrounds can also be configured further like providing a list of available backgrounds, allowing the user to upload their own background, or disabling virtual backgrounds completely. To set a default, specific virtual background for a user, use the options
-> video
-> virtualBackground
approach mentioned above.
| virtualBackground{}
| Default | Description |
| ------------------------------ | ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| allowVirtualBackground
| true
| Enables users to choose their virtual background from the backgrounds
list. |
| allowVirtualBackgroundUpload
| true
| Enables users to upload their own virtual background. |
| virtualBackgrounds
| []
| Sets the list of available virtual backgrounds. |
After you have configured your session, call the uitoolkit.joinSession
function, passing in the container reference, and the Video SDK session config object:
var sessionContainer = document.getElementById('sessionContainer')
uitoolkit.joinSession(sessionContainer, config)
Leave Session
To leave a Video SDK session, the user can click the red leave button. The host can also end the session for everyone, by clicking their red end button.
You can also leave a session programmatically by calling the uitoolkit.closeSession
function:
uitoolkit.closeSession(sessionContainer)
Event Listeners
To subscribe to event listeners, define a callback function that you want to execute when the respective event is triggered:
var sessionJoined = (() => {
console.log('session joined')
})
var sessionClosed = (() => {
console.log('session closed')
})
Then, pass the callback function to the respective on event listener (after calling the uitoolkit.joinSession
function).
uitoolkit.onSessionJoined(sessionJoined)
uitoolkit.onSessionClosed(sessionClosed)
To unsubscribe to event listeners, pass the callback function to the respective off event listener.
uitoolkit.offSessionJoined(sessionJoined)
uitoolkit.offSessionClosed(sessionClosed)
Currently, we support the following event listeners:
| Event Listener | Description |
| ------------------ | --------------------------------------------------- |
| onSessionJoined
| Fires when the user joins the session successfully. |
| onSessionClosed
| Fires when the session is left or ended. |
| offSessionJoined
| Unsubscribes to the onSessionJoined
event. |
| offSessionClosed
| Unsubscribes to the onSessionClosed
event. |
Build with UI Toolkit components
Zoom's UI Toolkit now offers Developers powerful built-in components that are ready to use. Currently, we offer the following components:
| Component | Description |
| ---------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
| uitoolkit-components
| Gives UI Toolkit components access to Video SDK session and context. |
| controls-component
| Enables users to envoke actions such as muting, starting video, screen sharing, and more. |
| video-component
| Displays user videos and screen sharing. |
| chat-component
| Displays session and 1:1 chat messages. |
| users-component
| Displays the list of users in a session and allows hosts to moderate the session. |
| settings-component
| Displays the session settings and allows users to configure virtual background, camera, microphone, and speaker devices, and see session quality statistics. |
Show UI Toolkit components
When building with UI Toolkit components, the uitoolkit-components
component is a required wrapper around the UI Toolkit components. To begin, create an HTML container that it will be rendered in:
<div id='uitoolkitContainer'></div>
Then, call the uitoolkit.showUitoolkitComponents
function, passing in the container reference, and the Video SDK session config object:
var uitoolkitContainer = document.getElementById('uitoolkitContainer')
uitoolkit.showUitoolkitComponents(uitoolkitContainer, config)
Hide UI Toolkit components
To close the wrapper, call the uitoolkit.hideUiToolkitComponents
function while passing in the container reference:
uitoolkit.hideUiToolkitComponents(providerContainer)
Show the controls component
The controls component is a required component that enables users to control their video call experience.
To render the controls component, create and HTML container and pass it into the uitoolkit.showControlsComponent
function:
<div id='uitoolkitContainer'>
...
<div id='controlsContainer'></div>
...
</div>
var controlsContainer = document.getElementById('controlsContainer')
uitoolkit.showControlsComponent(controlsContainer)
Hide the controls component
To close the Control Bar Component, call the uitoolkit.hideControlsComponent
function while passing in the container reference:
uitoolkit.hideControlsComponent(controlsContainer)
Show the video component
To render the video component, create and HTML container and pass it into the uitoolkit.showVideoComponent
function:
<div id='uitoolkitContainer'>
...
<div id='videoContainer'></div>
...
</div>
var videoContainer = document.getElementById('videoContainer')
uitoolkit.showVideoComponent(videoContainer)
Hide the video component
To close the video component, call the uitoolkit.hideVideoComponent
function while passing in the container reference:
uitoolkit.hideVideoComponent(videoContainer)
Show the chat component
To render the Chatkit, create and HTML container and pass it into the uitoolkit.showChatComponent
function:
<div id='uitoolkitContainer'>
...
<div id='chatContainer'></div>
...
</div>
var chatContainer = document.getElementById('chatContainer')
uitoolkit.showChatComponent(chatContainer)
Hide the chat component
To close the chat component, call the uitoolkit.hideChatComponent
function while passing in the container reference:
uitoolkit.hideChatComponent(chatContainer)
Show the users component
To render the users component, create and HTML container and pass it into the uitoolkit.showUsersComponent
function:
<div id='uitoolkitContainer'>
...
<div id='usersContainer'></div>
...
</div>
var usersContainer = document.getElementById('usersContainer')
uitoolkit.showUsersComponent(usersContainer)
Hide the users component
To close the users component, call the uitoolkit.hideUsersComponent
function while passing in the container reference:
uitoolkit.hideUsersComponent(usersContainer)
Show the settings component
To render the settings component, create and HTML container and pass it into the uitoolkit.showSettingsComponent
function:
<div id='uitoolkitContainer'>
...
<div id='settingsContainer'></div>
...
</div>
var settingsContainer = document.getElementById('settingsContainer')
uitoolkit.showSettingsComponent(settingsContainer)
Hide the settings component
To close the settings component, call the uitoolkit.hideSettingsComponent
function while passing in the container reference:
uitoolkit.hideSettingsComponent(settingsContainer)
Cleaning up the session
Once your session has ended, we recommend properly cleaning up the UI Toolkit so users can join subsequent sessions. You can easily do this by using the onSessionClosed
event listener. Simply call each component's respective hide function to properly remove each component from the DOM. See the following code snippet for an example:
...
uitoolkit.onSessionClosed(sessionClosed)
...
function sessionClosed {
uitoolkit.hideSettingsComponent(settingsContainer)
uitoolkit.hideUsersComponent(usersContainer)
uitoolkit.hideControlsComponent(controlsContainer)
uitoolkit.hideVideoComponent(videoContainer)
uitoolkit.hideChatComponent(chatContainer)
uitoolkit.hideUitoolkitComponents(sessionContainer)
}
Sample Apps
- Video SDK UI Toolkit Angular Sample
- Video SDK UI Toolkit React Sample
- Video SDK UI Toolkit Vue.js Sample
- Video SDK UI Toolkit JavaScript Sample
- Video SDK Auth Sample (Node.js)
- Webhook Sample (Node.js)
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